Locking himself inside his office and away from guffawing media questions about his captain’s follies in Ottawa, Flyers general manager Ron Hextall continued to stock his team and its depleted minor league roster Wednesday while engaging in creative hockey economics.

After briefly dealing with Claude Giroux’s detainment Tuesday night for an ill-advised butt grab of an Ottawa police officer, Hextall turned to the business at hand and signed Jason Akeson to a two-way contract. If Akeson, who spent almost the entire season with the Phantoms but fared fairly well in an extended playoff series stay with the Flyers (goal, two assists in five games), makes the big club out of camp, he’ll qualify at a $575,000 salary.

Consider Akeson an odds-on favorite to be a viable candidate, even more so since another organizational bubble forward, Tye McGinn, was traded Wednesday afternoon to the San Jose Sharks for a third-round pick in the 2015 draft.

McGinn, 23, has size (6-2, 205) and speed, but could not stick with the Flyers despite numerous call-ups in recent seasons. Originally a fourth-round pick in 2010, he had seven goals and 10 points in 36 games with the Flyers, who seemed to get decent return for him in the third-round pick.

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Freed of that roster spot, Hextall then signed unrestricted free agent Nick Schultz, a 12-year NHL veteran at defense who finished last season with the Columbus Blue Jackets. He agreed to a one-year, $1.25 million deal with the cap-strapped Flyers, despite making a $3.6 million salary last season.

Schultz, 31, played nearly three seasons with Edmonton before the Oilers traded him to the Blue Jackets late last season. He also played in parts of 10 seasons with the Minnesota Wild, who drafted him in the second round in 2000. In 880 NHL games, the 6-1, 200-pound Schultz compiled 27 goals, 146 points and 384 penalty minutes. He’d likely be used in a seventh defenseman role with the Flyers.

Hextall also signed two minor league forwards, a 6-4, 214-pound winger named Zack Stortini, and scoring winger Andrew Gordon, to two-way free agent contracts. Stortini played with the Norfolk Admirals last season, getting four goals and nine points — and an AHL “best” 299 penalty minutes.

Gordon, 28, will likely fill the role that McGinn played as a bubble forward for the Flyers and their AHL affiliate, the Phantoms. He spent last season with the Winnipeg Jets organization, scoring 23 goals and 57 points for their AHL affiliate in St. John’s, second-best on the club. He also led the IceCaps in playoff scoring (19 points) and took them to the Calder Cup finals.

He is well-known in Pennsylvania circles, too. While a member of the Capitals organization, Gordon was a star for the Hershey Bears and helped them to two Calder Cup championships. He has played 55 NHL games with Washington, Anaheim and Vancouver.

Hextall had said Tuesday that he felt a need to improve the Phantoms, who are preparing for their first season in the Lehigh Valley.